STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Queens man, who tried to force his way into the victims' home, has been arrested in connection with Wednesday night's shooting of a father and son in Mariners Harbor, said police and a law enforcement source.

Tyrick McLaurin fired several shots through the door of the victims' Coonley Court residence when he couldn't get inside to settle a dispute, according to the source and police.

McLaurin wounded a 39-year-old man three times in the back and shot the victim's 17-year-old son in the leg and arm around 11:30 p.m., police said. The older man's head was also grazed with a bullet.

A law enforcement source said the gunplay was sparked by an earlier incident involving the older victim's wife, who's the mother of his son.

Two brothers, Dashawn Jones, 18, and Darnell Jones, 16, menaced the woman with a hammer around 6:20 p.m., said the source. The pair waved the hammers "in a striking motion" at the woman, said a criminal complaint filed against the siblings.

What sparked the dispute was unclear, although it may have been an argument among neighbors, said the source. Coonley Court is a narrow street off Richmond Terrace that lets out onto several other alleyways.

The woman notified police, who arrested the Jones brothers shortly thereafter, the source said. They were charged with menacing, criminal weapon possession and harassment, said a criminal complaint.

The siblings called a female relative who apparently summoned McLaurin, to whom she also was related, to come over and settle the dispute, said the source.

McLaurin, who turns 25 on Sunday, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, said police.